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Supreme Court allows lawyer fees split by workload when multiple lawyers represent employer in court.

Case Number I PK 70/08
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Poland (PL)
Decision Date
Outcome Partially Allowed
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The Supreme Court of Poland partially overturned the lower court's dismissal of the plaintiff's claim for additional legal fees. The plaintiff argued that when multiple lawyers represented the employer, the awarded costs should be distributed according to each lawyer's workload rather than arbitrarily. The court held that since the governing law and contracts contained no restrictions on such distribution, the fee must be allocated based on the actual labor contribution of each attorney involved in the proceedings.

Legislator headnote

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Art. 224 ust. 2 zdanie drugie ustawy o radcach prawnych; additional legal fees awarded for court representation costs must be distributed among multiple lawyers according to their individual workload when the outcome is favorable to the client.

Keywords

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legal fees distribution multiple lawyers representation court costs allocation workload assessment lawyer contract interpretation employer legal costs Supreme Court review

Cited Legislation

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Art. 224 ust. 2 zdanie drugie ustawy z dnia 6 lipca 1982 r. o radcach prawnych
Dz.U. z 1992 r. Nr 64, poz. 326
Dz.U. Nr 75, poz. 471
art. 398 § 1 k.p.c.
art. 108 § 2 w związku z art. 39821 k.p.c.
art. 55 § 1 k.p
art. 291 § 1 k.p
art. 8 k.p
art. 3 k.p
art. 921 § 2 k.p

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